Poundbury
Poundbury is a Town in the county of Dorset.
Poundbury postcode: DT1 3SP
There are great places to visit near Poundbury including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
There are a several good towns in the Poundbury area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.
There are a several good waterfalls in the area around Poundbury like Jericho Weir.
Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are some of Poundbury best villages to visit near Poundbury.
The area around Poundbury's best historic buildings can be found at The Cobb.
The area close to Poundbury boasts some of the best historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).
The area around Poundbury boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.
Poundbury is near some unmissable hills like Eggardon Hill,
There are a several good castles in the area around Poundbury like Corfe Castle.
The area close to Poundbury boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.
There are a number of airports near to Poundbury including Bournemouth Airport.
Poundbury History
There are some historic monuments around Poundbury:
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Preston Roman villa
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow on Shorn Hill
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
- Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
- Cerne Park boundary bank
- Round barrow on Dickley Hill
- Round barrow on North Field Hill
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
- Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
- Three barrows N of Penn Hill
- Herringston round barrows
- Round barrows on Sheep Down
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
- Settlement on Dickley Hill
- Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
- Round barrow E of The Buildings
- Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
- Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
- Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
- Round barrow N of Forston Barn
- Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm
- Round barrows N of Pound Hill
- The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
- Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
- Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
- Round barrow on Magiston Hill
- Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
- Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
- Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
- Sandy Barrow
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
- Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Long barrow NW of Red Barn
- Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
- Tithe barn at Court Farm
- Round barrow N of Ballarat House
- Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
- Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Churchyard cross
- Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
- Round barrow on Pound Hill
- Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Group of barrows near Big Wood
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
- Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
- Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
- Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
- Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Round barrows on Grove Hill
- Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
- Barrow on College Down
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
- Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Settlement on Smacam Down
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
- Barrow E of Red Barn
- Round barrow on Rew Hill
- Round barrow SW of village
- Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
- Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
- Barrow on parish boundary
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
- Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
- Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
- Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
- Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
- Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
- Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
- Six round barrows W of Came Down
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
- Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
- Two round barrows on North Hill
- Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
- Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
- Frampton Roman villa
- Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Round barrow on Stratton Down
- Two barrows at Rew
- Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
- Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
- Field system W of Fore Hill
- Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
- Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Settlement and field system on Black Hill
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Round barrow N of Ridgeway
- Round barrow E of Forston Farm
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
- Cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
- Lyscombe Farm chapel
- Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
- Pigeon House long barrow
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Round barrows on Ridgeway
- Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- Helstone burial chamber
- Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
- Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
- Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
- Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Maiden Castle
- Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
- Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow on Black Hill
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
Places to see near Poundbury
Lakes near Poundbury
Rivers near Poundbury
- Bow Brook South
- Henstridge Stream
- Allen Trib (Gussage Stream)
- Stour (Headwaters)
- Lydden (Lower)
- Cale
- Caundle Trib (Caundle Marsh)
- Caundle Brook (Upper)
- Stour (Middle u/s Pimperne Brook)
- Bow Brook North
- Divelish
- Tarrant
- Mannington Brook
- Lodden
- Crane (Dorset)
- Stour (Middle d/s Pimperne Brook)
- Lydden (Upper)
- Allen Trib (Crichel Stream)
- Stour Trib (Pimperne Brook)
- Moors
- North Winterbourne
- Allen (Lower)
- Cam (Dorset)
- Stirchell Brook
- Key Brook
- Stour (Upper)
- Bourne Stream
- Lydden (Middle)
- Stour Trib (Bibbern Brook)
- Wonston Brook
- Caundle Brook (Lower)
- Stour (Lower)
- Allen (Headwaters)
- Iwerne
- Manston Brook
- Shreen Water (including Ashfield Water)
- Uddens Water
- Fontmell Brook
- Char
- Monkton Wyld Stream
- Bride
- Mangerton Brook
- Simene
- Swan (Swanage)
- Brit (Upper)
- Asker
- Wey
- Brit (Lower)
- Wraxall Brook
- Sydling Water
- Bere Stream
- Frome Dorset (Lower) u/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Wareham Forest Stream
- Corfe River
- South Winterbourne
- Piddle (Upper)
- Frome Trib (Luckford Lake)
- Tadnoll Brook (including Empool Bottom)
- Devils Brook
- Frome Dorset (Lower) d/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Frome Dorset (Upper)
- Cerne
- Hooke
- Piddle (Lower)
- Frome Dorset Trib (River Win)
- Sherford River
- Frome Dorset (Headwaters)
- Wellhams Brook
- Broad
- Stockland Bristol Stream
- Wriggle
- Fivehead River
- Isle - Upper
- Currypool Stream
- Yeo Ds Over Compton
- Corton Denham Stream
- Hornsey Brook
- Closworth Stream
- Ding
- Parrett - R Isle to R Yeo
- Durleigh Brook
- Merriot Stream
- Parrett - headwaters to Broad River
- Parrett - Lopen Bk to R Isle
- Bearley Brook
- Yeo
- Wriggle River
- North Moor Main Drain
- Sutton Bingham Stream - East Arm
- Cary - source to conf with KSD
- Lopen Brook
- Sutton Bingham Stream - upstream conf Closworth Str
- Cannington Bk - Lower
- Isle - Upper to conf Cad Bk
- Fiddington Brook
- Cannington Bk - Upper
- Sutton Bingham Stream - West Arm
- Isle
- West Sedgemoor Main Drain
- Eighteen Feet Rhyne
- Parrett - R Yeo to West Sedgemoor Drain
- Parrett - Broad River to Lopen Bk
- Beer Hackett Stream
- Westmoor Main Drain
- Chinnock BK
- Yeo Us Over Compton
- Isle - Cad Bk to Fivehead River
- Dodham Brook (Yeo (Somset))
- Dowlish Brook
- King's Moor Main Drain (Yeo (Somset)
- Cam - Lower
- Lam Brook
- Stogursey BK
- Petherton Stream
- Cam - Upper
- Cam Tributary
- King's Sedgemoor Drain - Henley Sluice to mouth
- Upper River Otter
- Love
- Tale
- Middle River Otter
- Wolf (Otter)
- Sid
- Lower River Otter
